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The strikes are the first known since U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller stepped down from his role last week.

The United States and Germany reached an agreement on the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a thorny, long-standing point of contention.

GOP Reps. Jim Jordan and Jim Banks "made statements and took actions that just made it ridiculous to put them on such a committee," Pelosi said.

Avenatti, who gained fame representing Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against then-President Trump, was sentenced to 30 months for the Nike scheme.

The bipartisan infrastructure plan backed by President Biden failed to advance in the Senate, but it could see another vote Monday.

The House approved legislation Thursday that will expand and expedite the special immigrant visa program for Afghans who aided U.S. and coalition forces and may face retribution from the Taliban. 

The U.S. on Thursday announced a special envoy to help coordinate U.S. assistance and promote peace in Haiti following the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise. 

Iran on Thursday opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman, a move aimed at making Tehran less dependent on the Strait of Hormuz.

Wendy Sherman's trip to China marks the second time the world's two largest economies hold high-level, in-person talks since President Joe Biden took office.

Pelosi rejected two Republican picks to join the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol invasion by a mob of Trump's supporters.

President Joe Biden will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio on Wednesday after vote to begin debate on a bipartisan infrastructure bill failed in the senate.

Twitter accounts in the hack included those of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian and Warren Buffett.

The United States is working with allies on securing several overseas locations for approximately 4,000 Afghan nationals and their families.

A key procedural vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan failed to pass the full Senate after Republicans united in opposition.

"We're just not ready," Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman told CNBC of the vote to advance the infrastructure bill. "So we're going to vote no."

Biden administration officials urged states and cities on Wednesday to move quickly to get rental assistance to households that have fallen behind.

Smoke from the Western wildfires was carried by the jet stream and cross-continental wind and triggered health alerts thousands of miles away.

Trump ally Tom Barrack's arrest put a spotlight on the United Arab Emirates, a key player in former President Donald Trump's Middle East policy.

Thomas Barrack, who served as chairman of the 2017 inaugural fund for then-President Donald Trump, has been arrested and detained on federal charges.

A White House official and a staff member for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive for Covid.